Jerry Sawyer And Warren Perry

STEPHEN DUNN

Archaeologists Jerry Sawyer, left, and Warren Perry are piecing together evidence that a massive plantation operated in Salem, Conn., during the 18th century and was worked by as many as 60 African slaves. Here they stand in a burial ground for slaves. Sawyer is an adjunct faculty member at Central Connecticut State University, where Perry is an associate professor.

Archaeologists Jerry Sawyer, left, and Warren Perry are piecing together evidence that a massive plantation operated in Salem, Conn., during the 18th century and was worked by as many as 60 African slaves. Here they stand in a burial ground for slaves. Sawyer is an adjunct faculty member at Central Connecticut State University, where Perry is an associate professor. (STEPHEN DUNN)

Archaeologists Jerry Sawyer, left, and Warren Perry are piecing together evidence that a massive plantation operated in Salem, Conn., during the 18th century and was worked by as many as 60 African slaves. Here they stand in a burial ground for slaves. Sawyer is an adjunct faculty member at Central Connecticut State University, where Perry is an associate professor.